Diana Cooper | |
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 Cooper installing "Emerger" at MOCA Cleveland, 2007 | |
| Born | 1964 Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Education | Hunter College, New York Studio School, Harvard University |
| Known for | Installation art, sculpture, drawing, public art |
| Spouse | Mark Lilla |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, Joan Mitchell Foundation, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Anonymous Was A Woman |
| Website | dianacooper |
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Diana Cooper (born 1964) is an American visual artist, known for largely abstract, improvised hybrid constructions that combine drawing, painting, sculpture, installation and photography.[1][2][3] Her art has evolved from canvas works centered on proliferating doodles to sprawling installations of multiplying elements and architectonic structures.[4][5][6] Critics have described her earlier work—primarily made with craft supplies such as markers, pens, foamcore, pushpins, felt, pipe cleaners, tape and pompoms—as humble-looking yet labor-intensive,[7] provisional and precarious,[8] and "a high-wire act attempting to balance order and pandemonium."[5] They note parallels to earlier abstract women artists such as Eva Hesse, Lee Bontecou, Elizabeth Murray, and Yayoi Kusama.[9][10] Lilly Wei, however, identifies an "absurdist playfulness and Orwellian intimations" in Cooper's work that occupy a unique place in contemporary abstraction.[1]
Cooper has received the Rome Prize,[11] a Guggenheim Fellowship,[12] and awards from the Anonymous Was A Woman,[13] Pollock-Krasner and Joan Mitchell foundations.[14] She has been commissioned to create public artworks for New York City and the Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech,[15][16] and her work has been acquired by the Museum of Fine Arts Boston,[17] the British Museum and the Pinakothek der Moderne (Munich).[18][19] Cooper is based in Brooklyn, New York and is married to the scholar and essayist Mark Lilla.[20][2]
- ^ a b Wei, Lilly. "Line Analysis," Art in America, April 2008, p. 154–7.
- ^ a b MacAdams, Barbara. "Pink and Red and NASCAR Too," ARTnews, December 2012. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Knight, Christopher. "Random acts as part of the plan," Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2005. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Johnson, Ken. "Diana Cooper," The New York Times, March 13, 1998, p. E35. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ a b Kaneda, Shirley and Saul Ostrow. "Diana Cooper," BOMB, Spring 2003.
- ^ Wei, Lilly. "Diana Cooper," UrbanGlass Art Quarterly, Fall 2009.
- ^ Caniglia, Julie. "Diana Cooper," Artforum, December 2002. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Asper, Colleen. "Diana Cooper," Beautiful/Decay, Issue W, 2007/
- ^ Crutchfield, Margo A. and Barbara Pollack. Beyond the Line: the Art of Diana Cooper, Cleveland/New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland/Distributed Art Publishers, 2007. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Smith, Roberta. "Diana Cooper," The New York Times, February 14, 1997, p. C32. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ American Academy in Rome. "American Academy in Rome Announces 2003-2004 Rome Prize Winners," Press. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Diana Cooper, Fellows. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Anonymous Was a Woman. Recipients. Retrieved March 28, 2022.
- ^ Pollock-Krasner Foundation. Diana Cooper, Artists. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
- ^ Virginia Tech. "New public art installation will transform the walls of the Moss Arts Center Grand Lobby," Articles. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ MTA Arts Design. "Art Along the Way." Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Museum of Fine Arts Boston. "Tidal Pool, Diana Cooper," Collections. Retrieved January 19, 2024.
- ^ The British Museum. Drawing, Diana Cooper, Collection. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ Pinakothek der Moderne. Diana Cooper. Artists. Retrieved May 13, 2022.
- ^ Lanfranco, Katerina. "Seeing the World Anew: POVarts in the Studio with Diana Cooper," POV Arts, December 2, 2019. Retrieved March 31, 2022.